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  • January 2025 3
    • Jan 19, 2025 The future of 'documentation' Jan 19, 2025
    • Jan 17, 2025 "Just" an LLM Jan 17, 2025
    • Jan 14, 2025 "Changing" TV viewing behaviour Jan 14, 2025
  • July 2024 1
    • Jul 26, 2024 The role of Synthetic Respondents in 'Human-centred' Research Jul 26, 2024
  • May 2024 1
    • May 24, 2024 AI and "Apple Intelligence" May 24, 2024
  • March 2024 1
    • Mar 15, 2024 Voice notes Mar 15, 2024
  • February 2024 1
    • Feb 2, 2024 The Device is the Boring Bit Feb 2, 2024
  • January 2024 1
    • Jan 9, 2024 The "Quora Wedge" Jan 9, 2024
  • October 2023 1
    • Oct 3, 2023 The importance of a (virtual) sofa Oct 3, 2023
  • September 2023 3
    • Sep 28, 2023 Who owns Taylor Swift's voice? Sep 28, 2023
    • Sep 26, 2023 Losing a Copilot Sep 26, 2023
    • Sep 22, 2023 New iPhone Day Sep 22, 2023
  • August 2023 2
    • Aug 23, 2023 USB-C Hub Frustrations Aug 23, 2023
    • Aug 9, 2023 Real Programmers Don’t use ChatGPT Aug 9, 2023
  • July 2023 1
    • Jul 18, 2023 Some Threads on Threads Jul 18, 2023
  • June 2023 1
    • Jun 5, 2023 (Pre) WWDC 2023 Jun 5, 2023
  • May 2023 1
    • May 3, 2023 AI and 'art' May 3, 2023
  • April 2023 2
    • Apr 25, 2023 Unordered S2E4: Cars, Guitars and Football Stars Apr 25, 2023
    • Apr 23, 2023 Somebody, make it stop Apr 23, 2023
  • March 2023 2
    • Mar 29, 2023 Robot War part 3: The Race Mar 29, 2023
    • Mar 27, 2023 The Next Big Thing (2023) Mar 27, 2023
  • January 2023 1
    • Jan 3, 2023 Unordered S2E3: Things can only get better Jan 3, 2023
  • December 2022 2
    • Dec 12, 2022 Unordered S2E2 Dec 12, 2022
    • Dec 1, 2022 What is Television? Dec 1, 2022
  • November 2022 1
    • Nov 15, 2022 Unordered S2E1 - Reboot Nov 15, 2022
  • October 2022 2
    • Oct 19, 2022 Congratulations to the runners-up Oct 19, 2022
    • Oct 17, 2022 The Metaverse is an Elephant Oct 17, 2022
  • September 2022 2
    • Sep 28, 2022 Back To Normal - Part Seven: Hugs & Handshakes Sep 28, 2022
    • Sep 27, 2022 From the Archives: Why the Future is Boring and Pointless Sep 27, 2022
  • August 2022 3
    • Aug 11, 2022 Rise of the machines (Robot war part 2) Aug 11, 2022
    • Aug 10, 2022 The Metaverse does not exist Aug 10, 2022
    • Aug 10, 2022 Site Refresh/redesign Aug 10, 2022
  • May 2022 1
    • May 27, 2022 The Echo May 27, 2022
  • April 2022 3
    • Apr 29, 2022 How might 'Metaverse Identities' work- and what's in it for Meta? Apr 29, 2022
    • Apr 15, 2022 Neil McElroy - Godfather of "Brand Men", Soap Operas, and the Internet Apr 15, 2022
    • Apr 12, 2022 Lego, Epic Games and the building blocks of the metaverse... Apr 12, 2022
  • March 2022 2
    • Mar 16, 2022 Back To Normal - Part 6. Mar 16, 2022
    • Mar 14, 2022 Back to Normal - Part 5. Where is the meeting? Mar 14, 2022
  • February 2022 1
    • Feb 24, 2022 From the Archives: Falling Giants Feb 24, 2022
  • January 2022 1
    • Jan 17, 2022 Metaverse Podcast & Report Jan 17, 2022
  • November 2021 1
    • Nov 22, 2021 Metaverse 1: A New Rorschach Test Nov 22, 2021
  • September 2021 1
    • Sep 24, 2021 Back to normal - part 4? Sep 24, 2021
  • August 2021 2
    • Aug 20, 2021 Beyoncé on Analytics and Research Aug 20, 2021
    • Aug 9, 2021 Old Twitter: A Close Reading of a Newspaper Story from 2009 Aug 9, 2021
  • July 2021 1
    • Jul 19, 2021 What can we learn from "The Dress" today? Jul 19, 2021
  • May 2021 5
    • May 19, 2021 Scott's Law of Automation May 19, 2021
    • May 19, 2021 From the Archives: Is "Data" the new "Digital"? May 19, 2021
    • May 14, 2021 Back to Normal (coffee) May 14, 2021
    • May 13, 2021 I am not a robot May 13, 2021
    • May 12, 2021 How to choose a password May 12, 2021
  • March 2021 1
    • Mar 5, 2021 Why I don't like computers Mar 5, 2021
  • September 2020 1
    • Sep 1, 2020 "Them"... Sep 1, 2020
  • August 2020 1
    • Aug 27, 2020 Back to Normal Aug 27, 2020
  • April 2020 2
    • Apr 2, 2020 Wazbom Blastajet Apr 2, 2020
    • Apr 1, 2020 Data Art Apr 1, 2020
  • March 2020 1
    • Mar 23, 2020 For now... Mar 23, 2020
  • January 2020 2
    • Jan 17, 2020 For Whom the Bell Tolls Jan 17, 2020
    • Jan 9, 2020 Unordered: New year clear out Jan 9, 2020
  • December 2019 1
    • Dec 12, 2019 Made up my mind Dec 12, 2019
  • October 2019 3
    • Oct 22, 2019 Unordered: Overdue Oct 22, 2019
    • Oct 18, 2019 This website is not data-driven Oct 18, 2019
    • Oct 9, 2019 How much has TV viewing really changed? Oct 9, 2019
  • August 2019 1
    • Aug 6, 2019 Goosebumps Aug 6, 2019
  • May 2019 1
    • May 24, 2019 Digital Media's Growing Pains May 24, 2019
  • April 2019 1
    • Apr 5, 2019 Why I don't watch adverts Apr 5, 2019
  • March 2019 1
    • Mar 29, 2019 B-Day and Activism Mar 29, 2019
  • August 2018 1
    • Aug 22, 2018 Unordered: Cmd+R Aug 22, 2018
  • October 2016 1
    • Oct 21, 2016 Unordered 8: Battery low Oct 21, 2016
  • September 2016 1
    • Sep 7, 2016 On Apple pulling the plug Sep 7, 2016
  • July 2016 1
    • Jul 22, 2016 Unordered #7: Good grief Jul 22, 2016
  • June 2016 2
    • Jun 8, 2016 Unordered #5: Back to work Jun 8, 2016
    • Jun 7, 2016 The Cost of Ad Blocking Jun 7, 2016
  • May 2016 3
    • May 18, 2016 Unordered #4: Back to the Future May 18, 2016
    • May 11, 2016 Unordered #3: Backing up May 11, 2016
    • May 3, 2016 Unordered List #2: Getting Old May 3, 2016
  • April 2016 2
    • Apr 29, 2016 Unordered List #1 Apr 29, 2016
    • Apr 25, 2016 Brexit and Borders Apr 25, 2016
  • February 2016 2
    • Feb 24, 2016 Robot War Feb 24, 2016
    • Feb 18, 2016 Thanks for clarifying, Buzzfeed Feb 18, 2016
  • January 2016 3
    • Jan 20, 2016 The problem with Twitter Jan 20, 2016
    • Jan 8, 2016 On Apple dropping the 3.5mm headphones plug Jan 8, 2016
    • Jan 6, 2016 The "describe it in a tweet" trope isn't going to work any more. Jan 6, 2016
  • November 2015 2
    • Nov 27, 2015 Why the big Apple TV makes sense Nov 27, 2015
    • Nov 19, 2015 The unbundling of naked ladies Nov 19, 2015
  • October 2015 1
    • Oct 6, 2015 "Faster than we think" Oct 6, 2015
  • September 2015 4
    • Sep 30, 2015 Software is eating regulation Sep 30, 2015
    • Sep 28, 2015 Software is eating innocence Sep 28, 2015
    • Sep 24, 2015 Three letters missing from the UK's 'ad blocking' discussion Sep 24, 2015
    • Sep 23, 2015 Software is eating VW Sep 23, 2015
  • August 2015 1
    • Aug 26, 2015 "Data-driven insights" Aug 26, 2015
  • May 2015 1
    • May 28, 2015 From the archives: Britney vs The Beatles May 28, 2015
  • April 2015 5
    • Apr 29, 2015 The Big Questions Apr 29, 2015
    • Apr 20, 2015 ...But if it was on TV, it would be rubbish Apr 20, 2015
    • Apr 20, 2015 The business of nothing. Apr 20, 2015
    • Apr 15, 2015 Apple's 'epicenter of change' Apr 15, 2015
    • Apr 13, 2015 Is that a big number? Apr 13, 2015
  • March 2015 2
    • Mar 11, 2015 Return of the MacBook Mar 11, 2015
    • Mar 11, 2015 "The Next Big Thing is happening right now" Mar 11, 2015
  • February 2015 3
    • Feb 26, 2015 Keyboard Maestro quick search Feb 26, 2015
    • Feb 24, 2015 Crossover Voices Feb 24, 2015
    • Feb 3, 2015 The worst graph? Feb 3, 2015
  • January 2015 4
    • Jan 26, 2015 Turning 30 Jan 26, 2015
    • Jan 23, 2015 Fixing erratic mouse scrolling in Powerpoint for Mac Jan 23, 2015
    • Jan 7, 2015 What really gets people tweeting? Jan 7, 2015
    • Jan 5, 2015 Teaching the Media Industry to code Jan 5, 2015
  • December 2014 4
    • Dec 18, 2014 12 months to go... Dec 18, 2014
    • Dec 17, 2014 More thoughts on "Using a computer" Dec 17, 2014
    • Dec 15, 2014 Has Black Friday transformed Christmas Shopping in the UK? Dec 15, 2014
    • Dec 2, 2014 "Is Data the new Digital?" Dec 2, 2014
  • November 2014 1
    • Nov 4, 2014 Actually... Nov 4, 2014
  • October 2014 5
    • Oct 30, 2014 An OSX Service to get a web page title Oct 30, 2014
    • Oct 22, 2014 Invisible iOS Home Screen Icons - David Smith Oct 22, 2014
    • Oct 13, 2014 Keyboard Maestro macro to help with assigning Keyboard Maestro macros Oct 13, 2014
    • Oct 10, 2014 The Magazine is shutting down Oct 10, 2014
    • Oct 8, 2014 Don't underestimate the power of convenience Oct 8, 2014
  • June 2014 5
    • Jun 25, 2014 Accuracy vs Precision Jun 25, 2014
    • Jun 19, 2014 Calvin & Hobbes on Wearable Tech Jun 19, 2014
    • Jun 14, 2014 Teaching kids to code Jun 14, 2014
    • Jun 13, 2014 #663399Becca Purple Jun 13, 2014
    • Jun 4, 2014 Would it help if I got out and pushed? [updated] Jun 4, 2014
  • April 2014 2
    • Apr 17, 2014 Twitter and Gnip: taking control of the tweets? Apr 17, 2014
    • Apr 15, 2014 One Note for Mac Apr 15, 2014
  • March 2014 10
    • Mar 26, 2014 Bitcoin explained Mar 26, 2014
    • Mar 24, 2014 Microsoft In Talks To Acquire Mobile App Development Startup Xamarin Mar 24, 2014
    • Mar 24, 2014 Ctrl-Alt-Del on the Mac Mar 24, 2014
    • Mar 18, 2014 All-at-once-ness Mar 18, 2014
    • Mar 14, 2014 Will "Print" outlive "desktop"? Mar 14, 2014
    • Mar 14, 2014 The new way to do subtraction Mar 14, 2014
    • Mar 13, 2014 "…on every desk, and in every home" Mar 13, 2014
    • Mar 13, 2014 "Your an idiot" Mar 13, 2014
    • Mar 12, 2014 Tedx - David Puttnam: Does the media have a "duty of care"? Mar 12, 2014
    • Mar 11, 2014 Twitter, TV and the One Direction effect Mar 11, 2014
  • February 2014 12
    • Feb 28, 2014 Everyone is wrong about everything Feb 28, 2014
    • Feb 24, 2014 BRICs and Morton Feb 24, 2014
    • Feb 24, 2014 Mario theme played on… Something. Feb 24, 2014
    • Feb 21, 2014 Creative Computers Feb 21, 2014
    • Feb 14, 2014 "No more real than it is real-time" Feb 14, 2014
    • Feb 13, 2014 "The trouble with new tech is how democratising it all is" Feb 13, 2014
    • Feb 10, 2014 Cable spaghetti Feb 10, 2014
    • Feb 8, 2014 Chromecast coming to the UK soon? Feb 8, 2014
    • Feb 7, 2014 The Death of Expertise Feb 7, 2014
    • Feb 6, 2014 "Social TV" measurement Feb 6, 2014
    • Feb 5, 2014 What the iWatch might do to Apple's revenues Feb 5, 2014
    • Feb 5, 2014 Two Bears, revisited | stratēchery by Ben Thompson Feb 5, 2014
  • January 2014 21
    • Jan 31, 2014 Beautiful but dumb Jan 31, 2014
    • Jan 30, 2014 "Save" vs "Sync" Jan 30, 2014
    • Jan 29, 2014 How often I use the buttons on my TV remote control Jan 29, 2014
    • Jan 27, 2014 Twitter and GfK announce TV measurement partnership Jan 27, 2014
    • Jan 24, 2014 Reality Jan 24, 2014
    • Jan 23, 2014 Corporate hacking Jan 23, 2014
    • Jan 22, 2014 How not to build a website Jan 22, 2014
    • Jan 22, 2014 The Next Big Thing Jan 22, 2014
    • Jan 21, 2014 Link hoarding and web design Jan 21, 2014
    • Jan 20, 2014 "Men with very troubling issues" Jan 20, 2014
    • Jan 15, 2014 Windows 9: The operating system formerly known as Windows 8.1 Jan 15, 2014
    • Jan 15, 2014 Fixing a broken key on a Macbook Air Jan 15, 2014
    • Jan 14, 2014 SomeRandomNerd.net Redesign Jan 14, 2014
    • Jan 14, 2014 Straight Outta Cullompton Jan 14, 2014
    • Jan 13, 2014 Keeping my computer tidy with Hazel Jan 13, 2014
    • Jan 12, 2014 Take 5 iPads into the shower? Not me… Jan 12, 2014
    • Jan 11, 2014 Why take 'no' for an answer? Jan 11, 2014
    • Jan 10, 2014 Using a computer Jan 10, 2014
    • Jan 8, 2014 How not to argue Jan 8, 2014
    • Jan 7, 2014 Smartphone OS market share - Kantar Worldpanel data Jan 7, 2014
    • Jan 6, 2014 Antipatterns Jan 6, 2014
  • November 2013 1
    • Nov 1, 2013 iPhone vs Lumia 1020 camera test Nov 1, 2013
  • October 2013 8
    • Oct 30, 2013 Why iPhone app developers work for Apple Oct 30, 2013
    • Oct 16, 2013 Death of The Manual Oct 16, 2013
    • Oct 15, 2013 Do you really know how much TV you watch? Oct 15, 2013
    • Oct 12, 2013 Why "Natural Interfaces" are important Oct 12, 2013
    • Oct 11, 2013 Today's Twitter Oct 11, 2013
    • Oct 9, 2013 Lesson of a lifetime Oct 9, 2013
    • Oct 5, 2013 W3C and 'protected content' Oct 5, 2013
    • Oct 3, 2013 The ".com" button in iOS7 Oct 3, 2013
  • September 2013 1
    • Sep 10, 2013 The New iPhone Sep 10, 2013
  • August 2013 2
    • Aug 29, 2013 Who really invented "Inventing the future"? Aug 29, 2013
    • Aug 20, 2013 Would you trust a photocopier? Aug 20, 2013
  • July 2013 6
    • Jul 28, 2013 Computers don't do amazing things Jul 28, 2013
    • Jul 26, 2013 End of "gaming" Jul 26, 2013
    • Jul 25, 2013 Amateur web design Jul 25, 2013
    • Jul 24, 2013 Faith in the hard jobs Jul 24, 2013
    • Jul 16, 2013 "Augmenting Human Intellect" Jul 16, 2013
    • Jul 12, 2013 A Day One bookmarklet for iOS Jul 12, 2013
  • June 2013 3
    • Jun 28, 2013 "What Really Happens On A Teen Girl's iPhone" Jun 28, 2013
    • Jun 26, 2013 Inventing the Future Jun 26, 2013
    • Jun 4, 2013 What is the future of 'heavy duty' computers? Jun 4, 2013
  • May 2013 6
    • May 9, 2013 Throwing things May 9, 2013
    • May 7, 2013 "Find The Thing You're Most Passionate About, Then Do It..." May 7, 2013
    • May 7, 2013 Productivity through Laziness May 7, 2013
    • May 2, 2013 "To a Boy of the 1970s, the Line Between Comic Books and Real Life People Was Hopelessly Blurred" May 2, 2013
    • May 2, 2013 "BlackBerry CEO on the future of tablets"… For who? May 2, 2013
    • May 2, 2013 "Google Now iOS App Keeps GPS Active" May 2, 2013
  • April 2013 13
    • Apr 25, 2013 WWDC 2013: $8 million in less than 2 minutes Apr 25, 2013
    • Apr 19, 2013 How to impress people with Chili Con Carne Apr 19, 2013
    • Apr 18, 2013 Falling Giants Apr 18, 2013
    • Apr 17, 2013 Smartphone install bases Apr 17, 2013
    • Apr 17, 2013 Mobile stats - "All the numbers, in one place" Apr 17, 2013
    • Apr 17, 2013 Not Necessarily News #3 Apr 17, 2013
    • Apr 15, 2013 What is the single most important life lesson older people feel young people need to know? Apr 15, 2013
    • Apr 13, 2013 Do we need a new Save icon? Apr 13, 2013
    • Apr 13, 2013 "Digg Does The Google Reader Survey That Google Should've Done" Apr 13, 2013
    • Apr 9, 2013 Not Necessarily News #2 Apr 9, 2013
    • Apr 9, 2013 The Big News Apr 9, 2013
    • Apr 8, 2013 The Value of Video on an iPad Apr 8, 2013
    • Apr 1, 2013 Not Necessarily News, #1 Apr 1, 2013
  • March 2013 9
    • Mar 28, 2013 Drafts and Safari bookmarklets Mar 28, 2013
    • Mar 27, 2013 Ripping a DVD collection Mar 27, 2013
    • Mar 27, 2013 Making notemaking work more effectively Mar 27, 2013
    • Mar 25, 2013 What makes a Smartphone smart? Mar 25, 2013
    • Mar 18, 2013 Shaky Pete's Ginger Brew Mar 18, 2013
    • Mar 15, 2013 Google Reader and the new future of RSS Mar 15, 2013
    • Mar 11, 2013 Hackers vs Casuals Mar 11, 2013
    • Mar 5, 2013 The gradual death of 'physical media' Mar 5, 2013
    • Mar 4, 2013 Getting Things Done Mar 4, 2013
  • February 2013 13
    • Feb 19, 2013 Buying Headphones Feb 19, 2013
    • Feb 18, 2013 [Archive post] Am I the only one using Smart Playlists? Feb 18, 2013
    • Feb 18, 2013 [Archive post] The Stone Roses and backwards music Feb 18, 2013
    • Feb 11, 2013 Note to self: This is what a bike chain should look like Feb 11, 2013
    • Feb 8, 2013 [Archive] Losing a Virtual Limb Feb 8, 2013
    • Feb 6, 2013 TED: "How movies teach manhood" Feb 6, 2013
    • Feb 5, 2013 [Archive post] I've seen the future of TV. It's 3D. Feb 5, 2013
    • Feb 5, 2013 More on a 5-inch iPhone and scaling the interface | iMore.com Feb 5, 2013
    • Feb 5, 2013 "An unlikely leader in wearable computing" Feb 5, 2013
    • Feb 5, 2013 Is the iPad mini cheaper than an iPad 2? Feb 5, 2013
    • Feb 1, 2013 Bill Gates on the pace of change Feb 1, 2013
    • Feb 1, 2013 Omphaloskepsis Feb 1, 2013
    • Feb 1, 2013 Laziness, stupidity and bad spelling. Feb 1, 2013
  • January 2013 11
    • Jan 31, 2013 3D is dead. (The future of TV is 'beautiful but dumb.') Jan 31, 2013
    • Jan 30, 2013 iPad mini as a notebook replacement Jan 30, 2013
    • Jan 30, 2013 Old site still out of action (for the forseeable future…) Jan 30, 2013
    • Jan 23, 2013 » Remembering Aaron by taking care of each other | Clay Shirky Jan 23, 2013
    • Jan 21, 2013 iPad mini Jan 21, 2013
    • Jan 18, 2013 xkcd: Log Scale Jan 18, 2013
    • Jan 18, 2013 Twitter predicts SPOTY winner Wiggins | The Wall Blog Jan 18, 2013
    • Jan 18, 2013 Making Blues Brothers With John Belushi and Dan Akroyd—“We Had a Budget for Cocaine” | Vanity Fair Jan 18, 2013
    • Jan 18, 2013 Agencies welcome UKOM and ComScore's cross-platform media planning metric | The Drum Jan 18, 2013
    • Jan 16, 2013 Introducing SomeRandomNerd.net Jan 16, 2013
    • Jan 14, 2013 Hacked again... Jan 14, 2013